# Heights in Google Earth with Litchi hub **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 20, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489 "2023-08-20T15:16:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/philip_groenendijk/32/2769_2.png) [@Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Philip_Groenendijk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/1 "2023-08-20T15:16:32Z")
What am I doing wrong. I’m making a test waypoint for when I go to Switzerland. I make a random route and when I want to see the example in Google Earth 3D the route goes through the mountain it seems. When I actually do the flight, would it crash into the mountain? I set the max height to 500, but at 30 exactly the same problem. ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/philip_groenendijk/32/2769_2.png) [@Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Philip_Groenendijk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/2 "2023-08-20T15:18:05Z")
![Google earth](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd2c9e0faffc6916584566683d1c375f9e571c0a.jpeg) ![Litchi](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3f332b3514af94f054ceba17e6979db2afa9508e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![archer](https://forum.flylitchi.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@archer](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/archer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/3 "2023-08-20T15:28:22Z")
Maybe the mountains are much more than 500 Metres higher than your launch point. ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/philip_groenendijk/32/2769_2.png) [@Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Philip_Groenendijk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/4 "2023-08-20T15:49:37Z")
I indicate above ground in the menu. Isn’t it the case that he will fly the indicated height above the ground? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_G](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/sam_g/32/2006_2.png) [@Sam\_G](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Sam_G)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/5 "2023-08-20T15:56:05Z")
@Philip_Groenendijk I could not duplicate your error. I picked waypoints close to yours and I get this view of the flight in Google Earth. ![image](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/34d5a6af45b0fca9d5b1ad7bde6a9f0961fcc803.jpeg) ![image](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/ac4db2225e7dafc8267a9fdb5551413d57a724f5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/philip_groenendijk/32/2769_2.png) [@Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Philip_Groenendijk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/6 "2023-08-20T16:06:32Z")
Then I’ll take a closer look at what I’m not doing right in Google Earth. So it works well above ground. Thanks for your reply ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/philip_groenendijk/32/2769_2.png) [@Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Philip_Groenendijk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/7 "2023-08-20T16:22:11Z")
No idea what I’m doing wrong. It is still export as KML 3D path and then open in Google earth. Or is it not that simple. ![3d KML](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c2dbd283c0e83215f87a5176ea234c98509187be.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_G](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/sam_g/32/2006_2.png) [@Sam\_G](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Sam_G)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/8 "2023-08-20T16:22:46Z")
If you would like to share your mission, we can look at your actual settings instead of trying to duplicate what you have set up. ---
**Author:** ![Patrick.33](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/patrick.33/32/2173_2.png) [@Patrick.33](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Patrick.33)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/9 "2023-08-20T16:30:56Z")
> [@Philip\_Groenendijk](#): > > So it works well above ground Not always, be careful… In this case, if you export to google earth it’s OK but if you fly with Litchi at 3.7m you crash the drone: ![image](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a07da5378f0e6aebfe676abfbee577641bc455f1.jpeg) ![image](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c3bb2fd27d9d14a20b0c92276ab0bd78b29a99fe.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/philip_groenendijk/32/2769_2.png) [@Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Philip_Groenendijk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/10 "2023-08-20T16:31:05Z")
the settings in Litchi or Google Earth? ---
**Author:** ![archer](https://forum.flylitchi.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@archer](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/archer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/11 "2023-08-20T16:31:15Z")
Yes I did not see that. It should have gone over the mountains. ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/philip_groenendijk/32/2769_2.png) [@Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Philip_Groenendijk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/12 "2023-08-20T16:38:23Z")
![Yellow line](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cc63d9cdc151168dc96be0dc61d9b872bc750b49.jpeg) I have another line in Earth ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/philip_groenendijk/32/2769_2.png) [@Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Philip_Groenendijk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/13 "2023-08-20T16:40:45Z")
![Start projecten](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c7a7f70245710d2c10a55e23fa57c17ad010a41e.jpeg) I open projects in Earth, is this good ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/philip_groenendijk/32/2769_2.png) [@Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Philip_Groenendijk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/14 "2023-08-20T16:48:51Z")
like this? [Mission Hub - Litchi](https://flylitchi.com/hub?m=PSJKuvwoeP) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_G](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/sam_g/32/2006_2.png) [@Sam\_G](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Sam_G)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/15 "2023-08-20T16:50:31Z")
Are you: 1. Creating the mission in Litchi Mission Hub 2. Exporting as VLM 3. Importing the KML file into Google Earth This is the screen selection I see in Google Earth ![image](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/95a9090c1dc078c731b9e628edc8ed0df83e69a1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/philip_groenendijk/32/2769_2.png) [@Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Philip_Groenendijk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/16 "2023-08-20T17:08:01Z")
> [@Sam\_G](#): > > Exporting as VLM I’m using the VLM extension now, but it’s still going through the mountain. Enabled above ground ![VLM](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0320c3bd7270f54068fa85b1f758aaed02264bfc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/philip_groenendijk/32/2769_2.png) [@Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Philip_Groenendijk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/17 "2023-08-20T17:09:20Z")
Unfortunately I have to go out now. I’ll look into it further tomorrow. Many thanks to everyone for the responses. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_G](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/sam_g/32/2006_2.png) [@Sam\_G](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Sam_G)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/18 "2023-08-20T17:31:35Z")
When you have hill (or mountain) between waypoints like you have between WP01 and WP02, Litchi will not make an altitude change to go over that hill. Litchi only knows what to do at waypoints and it will interpolate altitude changes between waypoints if the waypoints are set at different altitudes. To get over that mountain between WP01 and WP02, you will have to add a waypoint between them at the peak of the mountain. Then, it will fly fine. ---
**Author:** ![Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/philip_groenendijk/32/2769_2.png) [@Philip\_Groenendijk](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Philip_Groenendijk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/19 "2023-08-20T18:40:52Z")
couldn’t resist picking it up again. After extension VML and the good heights with enough waypoints it works thanks to your help. Just making waypoints in a mountain area is quite dangerous. But when you know the situation, I think it’s doable, but not huge distances. This link takes you to my Youtube video, made today with the Lichi Beta for the Mini 3 Pro. Everything flat 🙂 ![Fiesch](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f288c55f9a8ab02ecda3cffffb24f6984766d4b8.jpeg) [![](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b8592f2b4e03b180ff92efc92031ad035a9d46a6.jpeg "Proef 2 Litchi Beta met DJI Mini 3 Pro Langs groenstrook Haringvliet") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2UMgKuajOM) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_G](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/sam_g/32/2006_2.png) [@Sam\_G](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Sam_G)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489/20 "2023-08-20T18:47:53Z")
> [@Philip\_Groenendijk](#): > > making waypoints in a mountain area is **quite** dangerous. You’re right! It is a bit unnerving to venture into uneven terrain without some degree of confidence. Its very doable and satisfying when you work it out. Cant wait to see some of your final footage. 👍 [Next page](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/heights-in-google-earth-with-litchi-hub/11489.md?page=2)